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Development and validation of Temperance Scale in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Shahab Syeda Omama,
Adil Adnan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psych journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2046-0260
pISSN - 2046-0252
DOI - 10.1002/pchj.394
Subject(s) - psychology , procrastination , confirmatory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , exploratory factor analysis , empathy , social psychology , moderation , construct validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of the present research was to construct and validate a measure of temperance—one's capability of moderation or voluntary self‐restraint. This research comprised two studies. In Study I, an item pool of 83 items was generated, 75 items were finalized by a committee of experts, and then these items were administered on a purposive sample of university students ( n = 250). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed a four‐factor solution with 24 items and the factors were named as Self‐regulation (α = .72), Prudence (α = .71), Humility (α = .79), and Forgiveness (α = .73). Study II of the present research confirmed the factorial structure of the Temperance Scale in an independent sample of university students ( n = 268). The Temperance Scale, Academic Procrastination Scale, and Empathy Quotient Short Form were administered to the participants. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Temperance Scale demonstrated a good model fit to the data with the same four factors as established during the EFA. The Temperance Scale was positively correlated with empathy and it had a nonsignificant relationship with academic procrastination. The results support that the newly developed scale has promising validity.